Out for an EB ride this morning. Pouring rain and on my lonesome again. An oddly ivigourating experience!
I'm now about a quarter of the way through my 12 month journey to London in April. I've had a generally strong 3 months and am pleased with fitness, although my performances have plateaud since the early part of the year improvements.
I'm trying to plan out my races and overall training regime over the next three qurters of the year, and I'm settling on this plan:
Pendle Pedal 2nd August 2009
Yorkshire Vets Relay Champs 27th September 2009
Helwith Bridge Duathlon 4th October 2009
Lanaster Half Marathon 8th November 2009
Abbey Dash 22nd November 2009
Chevin Chase 26th December 2009
Auld Lang Syne Fell Race 31st December 2009
Brass Monkey January
Spen 20 March
London Marathon 27th April 2010
This breaks the year into the following themes:
July - Cycling, enjoying being on the road during good weather (!?) in prep for Pendal
August - November - Working on speed, help with Helwith (4m/25m/4m), Yorkshire Vets (3m) and Abbey Dash (10k). Aiming for 1:22 - 1:23 for Lancaster Half.
November - January - Start mixing in some hills and off-road, build leg strength, strength endurance - leading up to Chevin and ALS which are both IH league counters and may give me chance of a top 3 finish if I do well.
January - April - Bringing it all together, with all of April tapering
I'm aiming to do long runs (16m-22m) at least once a month during the whole period.
Sounds a plan.
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Hi ya Paul! Wow, running now huh. No rock climbing?
ReplyDeletePete, lots of running and road cycling now - not climbed for 10 years!!!!!!! Can't believe it really, especially as I live near (<1 mile) from some great gritstone (Ilkley, Yorks). Have all my gear though so will get back to one day. If you are ever at Cow & Calf let me know!
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